Hong Kong and Macau Are Countries with Sophisticated Telecommunications Infrastructures

Business Wire, April 10, 2008

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c88373) has announced the addition of "2008 Asia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Hong Kong and Macau" to their offering.

Hong Kong and Macau are countries with sophisticated telecommunications infrastructure. The report covers trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband, and converging media including VoIP and IPTV. Subjects include:

Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;

- Facts, figures and statistics;

- Industry and regulatory issues;

- Infrastructure;

- Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers, ARPU;

- Internet, VoIP, IPTV;

- Mobile Voice and Data Markets ;

- Broadband (FttH, DSL, cable TV, wireless);

- Convergence and Digital Media.

Key highlights:

- In October 2007 OFTA awarded a 15-year licence to PCCW for the CDMA2000 licence in the 850MHz band. PCCW can provide CDMA 2000 services after 20 November 2008, and will construct the new network during the intervening period.

- After being awarded a 3G licence for WCDMA in 2006, in October 2007 Hutchison (Macau) launched its 3G network deploying WCDMA technology to roll out a 3.6Mb/s HSDPA broadband network. For more information, see chapter 2.10.3.2, page 102.

- In June 2007 China Unicom won a licence to provide services based on the alternative 3G standard CDMA2000 1x EV-DO. The company launched its 3G network in Macau in October 2007.

- In November 2007 HKBN began deploying what it claims to be Hong Kong's first Gigabit Passive Optical Network. HKBN claimed it had turned traditionally cost prohibitive FttH technology into affordable mass-deployed residential service at a HK$48.50 service fee for its 100Mb/s service, progressing to HK$215 1Gb/s.

- In December 2007 the Telecommunications Authority announced the decision to auction spectrum for the provision of broadband wireless access services in the 2.3-2.4GHz and the 2.5-2.69GHz band by October 2008. Operators are expected to launch services in 2009.

- In a densely packed market that has an estimated 2.3 million TV households, PCCW ended 2007 with 882,000 video subscribers in Hong Kong with a paying base of 628,000. That still put it within striking range of i-Cable, which closed 2007 with 882,000 video subscribers. Besides losing its historic market share edge, i-Cable may also start shedding subscribers. This has PCCW stealing away cable customers in a highly competitive market considered one of the most mature and saturated in the world. For more information, see chapter 1.8, page 55.

Data in this report is the latest available at the time of preparation and may not be for the current year.

- 1. Hong Kong

-- 1.1 Key statistics

-- 1.2 Telecommunications market

-- 1.2.1 Overview of Hong Kong's telecom market

--- 1.2.2 Fixed Telecommunications Network Services (FTNS)

--- 1.2.3 International telecommunications services

-- 1.3 Regulatory environment

--- 1.3.1 Overview

--- 1.3.2 Regulatory authority

--- 1.3.3 Survey of effectiveness of competition

--- 1.3.4 Telecom sector liberalisation

--- 1.3.5 Awarding of licences

--- 1.3.6 Telecommunication (Amendment) Ordinance 2000

--- 1.3.7 Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill 2001

--- 1.3.8 Regulatory developments

--- 1.3.9 Proposed 'Super Regulator'

-- 1.4 Major fixed network operators in Hong Kong

--- 1.4.1 Pacific Century CyberWorks

--- 1.4.2 City Telecom (HK) Ltd

--- 1.4.3 Hutchison Whampoa Ltd

--- 1.4.4 Wharf T&T Hong Kong

--- 1.4.5 New World Telecommunications Ltd (formerly New World Telephone)

--- 1.4.6 Pacific Internet Hong Kong

-- 1.5 Telecommunications infrastructure

--- 1.5.1 Overview

--- 1.5.2 Mainland connection

--- 1.5.3 National infrastructure

--- 1.5.4 Full liberalisation of FTNS market

--- 1.5.5 Submarine cable networks

--- 1.5.6 Satellite networks

-- 1.6 Broadband market

--- 1.6.1 Overview

--- 1.6.2 Regulatory issues

--- 1.6.3 Broadband statistics

--- 1.6.4 Internet market

--- 1.6.5 Wireless Internet

--- 1.6.6 Cable modems

--- 1.6.7 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

--- 1.6.8 Major broadband operators

-- 1.7 E-services

--- 1.7.1 E-commerce

--- 1.7.2 E-government

--- 1.7.3 E-entertainment

-- 1.8 Convergence

--- 1.8.1 Overview of media convergence

--- 1.8.2 Key general trends

--- 1.8.3 Regulatory issues

--- 1.8.4 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

--- 1.8.5 Triple play models

--- 1.8.6 Quadruple play models

--- 1.8.7 Digital TV

-- 1.9 Mobile communications

--- 1.9.1 Overview of Hong Kong's mobile market

--- 1.9.2 Regulatory issues

--- 1.9.3 Mobile technologies

--- 1.9.4 Major mobile operators

--- 1.9.5 Mobile voice services

--- 1.9.6 Mobile data services

--- 1.9.7 Mobile content and applications

- 2. Macau

-- 2.3 Regulatory environment

-- 2.4 Major telecom operator in Macau

-- 2.5 Telecommunications infrastructure

-- 2.6 Data market

-- 2.7 Internet market

-- 2.8 Broadband market

-- 2.9 Convergence

-- 2.10 Mobile communications

- 3. Glossary of Abbreviations